The Formosan Christians for Self-Determination Movement: a Case Study of Overseas Taiwanese Christian Political Activism in the 1970s
In the 1970s, four overseas Taiwanese Christians launched the “Formosan Christians for Self-Determination Movement” (FCSDM) in the United States to promote the self-determination of the people of Taiwan. This article draws on three policy documents released by the FCSDM to argue that these Christian...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Exchange
Year: 2024, Volume: 53, Issue: 3, Pages: 233-252 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBM Asia KBQ North America KDD Protestant Church NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Christian political activism
B Taiwanese American Christianity B Taiwan B Formosan Christians for Self-Determination Movement B Taiwanese Christianity B Presbyterian Church in Taiwan |
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| Summary: | In the 1970s, four overseas Taiwanese Christians launched the “Formosan Christians for Self-Determination Movement” (FCSDM) in the United States to promote the self-determination of the people of Taiwan. This article draws on three policy documents released by the FCSDM to argue that these Christians apparently embedded the Christian understanding of human rights within the secular political discourse of self-determination and sovereignty. In so doing, they strove to appeal to people from a broader spectrum of religious and national backgrounds rather than merely addressing Taiwanese Christians in their call for Taiwan’s self-determination. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-543X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Exchange
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1572543x-bja10074 |
